Rotary Club of Franklin, North Carolina Visit www.FranklinRotary.com or like us on Facebook Wednesday 16 April 2014 Chartered 10 November 1927 • District 7670 • Club 6013. Wednesdays at Noon - First Presbyterian Church CareNet - Serving Those In Need By John Short Shaina Adkins, Director at CareNet, was introduced as today's speaker by Rotarian Judy Chapman. Shaina was born and raised in Greensboro, N.C. She obtained her bache- lor and master’s degree in communications with an emphasis on health from East Caroli- na University. Prior to working with CareNet Shaina worked as a community manager for the American Cancer Society where she managed 6 counties. The focus of her job was on missions for services and programs for patients and their caregivers. A little known fact about Shaina is that she is a certified Starbucks barista, give her an es- presso machine and she can brighten any morning. CareNet was founded in 1987 by 5 local churches and incorporated in 1988. The basic principal was to provide a central organization through which area churches of Macon County could unite their efforts to help their fellow citizens "Bridge the gap during times of crisis". Over the years, for reasons unknown, the number of churches has declined from 44 in 2012 to 33 in 2013 who contribute financially to support Care- Net. Shaina said they are reaching out to area churches to build a relationship and edu- cate them on the need for CareNet services in the county. CareNet meets both financial and spiritual needs of the families served. Each family who comes for assistance is interviewed to see if they meet the income guidelines for services and to determine any underlying causes for the families situation, whether it be medical or financial. Those needs are then addressed to help the families get back on their feet and become self-sufficient. In 2013 there were a total of 80 volunteers who contributed 24,407 hours to assist their neighbors. Monies are being well spent with $0.84 of every dollar going directly into services. Currently their funding comes from local individuals, organizations/groups such as Rotary, area churches and local grants. A breakdown of their funding sources are: Grants- 40%, individual contributions- 29%, Area churches/church groups- 15%, CareNet Thrift store- 13% and organizations- 3%. One of the larger services CareNet provides is the backpack program which pro- vided 18,166 backpacks to Macon county schoolchildren. The backpacks included food for the weekends. Without these backpacks the children would have had to wait until school the following Monday for a nutritious meal. The food pantry is an- other service and distributed over 212,467 pounds of food. The Soup Cafe served over 17,742 meals to families receiving assistance. Financial assistance in the amount of $75,207.35 assisted 604 families in time of crisis and other acts of kindness in the form of heaters, fans, blankets and transit passes were provided to families. With 18.3% of the people living below the poverty level in Macon County the need for CareNet is great. If you would like to volunteer or donate to CareNet contact Shaina Adkins at 828-369-2642 or email her at [email protected]
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Charted November 29, 1927 • District 7670 • Club 6013 Wednesdays at Noon - First Presbyterian Church
Rotary Club of Franklin, North Carolina
Visit www.FranklinRotary.com or like us on Facebook
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Chartered 10 November 1927 • District 7670 • Club 6013. Wednesdays at Noon - First Presbyterian Church
CareNet - Serving Those In Need By John Short
Shaina Adkins, Director at CareNet, was introduced as today's speaker by Rotarian
Judy Chapman. Shaina was born and raised in Greensboro, N.C. She obtained her bache-
lor and master’s degree in communications with an emphasis on health from East Caroli-
na University. Prior to working with CareNet Shaina worked as a community manager
for the American Cancer Society where she managed 6 counties. The focus of her job
was on missions for services and programs for patients and their caregivers. A little
known fact about Shaina is that she is a certified Starbucks barista, give her an es-
presso machine and she can brighten any morning.
CareNet was founded in 1987 by 5 local churches and incorporated in 1988. The
basic principal was to provide a central organization through which area churches of
Macon County could unite their efforts to help their fellow citizens "Bridge the gap
during times of crisis". Over the years, for reasons unknown, the number of churches
has declined from 44 in 2012 to 33 in 2013 who contribute financially to support Care-
Net. Shaina said they are reaching out to area churches to build a relationship and edu-
cate them on the need for CareNet services in the county. CareNet meets both financial and spiritual needs of the
families served. Each family who comes for assistance is interviewed to see if they meet the income guidelines for
services and to determine any underlying causes for the families situation, whether it be medical or financial. Those
needs are then addressed to help the families get back on their feet and become self-sufficient.
In 2013 there were a total of 80 volunteers who contributed 24,407 hours to assist their neighbors. Monies are
being well spent with $0.84 of every dollar going directly into services. Currently
their funding comes from local individuals, organizations/groups such as Rotary, area
churches and local grants. A breakdown of their funding sources are: Grants- 40%,
individual contributions- 29%, Area churches/church groups- 15%, CareNet Thrift
store- 13% and organizations- 3%.
One of the larger services CareNet provides is the backpack program which pro-
vided 18,166 backpacks to Macon county schoolchildren. The backpacks included
food for the weekends. Without these backpacks the children would have had to
wait until school the following Monday for a nutritious meal. The food pantry is an-
other service and distributed over 212,467 pounds of food. The Soup Cafe served
over 17,742 meals to families receiving assistance. Financial assistance in the amount
of $75,207.35 assisted 604 families in time of crisis and other acts of kindness in
the form of heaters, fans, blankets and transit passes were provided to families.
With 18.3% of the people living below the poverty level in Macon County the need
for CareNet is great. If you would like to volunteer or donate to CareNet contact